Shirt



J. L. CORBI Jim 10, 1930.

SHIRT Filed March 5, 1929 Ju pkl. Larbz',

ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented June 10,

UNITED STATES PATE NT [o Pr ce JOSEPH L. CORBI, oFwAsHINeToN, nIsTR-IcT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR or own-THIRD 1'0 VICTOR GALOTTA, or wAsHINeToN, msTnroT OF'COLUIVIBIA, ,AND ONE-THIRD A To HENRY IBIZZUTIELLO, onBRoNX, NEW-YORK p tr.

SHIRT Application filed March 5, 1929. SerialiNo. 344,509.

tions of the sleeves need be folded but once and the parts can be easily and quickly fastened in this position, so that there is no necessity for rolling the cuff carrying portions, which causes wrinkles in the cuff. and otherwise detracts from the appearance of the cuff.

combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described,

illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim. r

In describing the invention in detail, ref- 7 Thus the cuff carrying portion of the sleeve erence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters "denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is a view of the cuff carrying part of a shirt sleeve, showing the invention in inoperative position. I Y

Figure 2 is a similar view, with the sleeve turned up and held in this position by the invention. a

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on line L -T of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a view showing a modification.

In these drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a strap which is preferably made of the same material from which the shirt is made, one end of this strap having the buttonhole 2 therein and the other end having a plurality of buttonholes 3 therein. The end which carries the buttonhole 2 may be fastened to the inside face of the lapped or This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and 1n the outer part t of the cuff by the tape 5, So I that the strap will not be detached from the shirt when the same is being laundered. The buttonhole 2 is designed to'receive that part of the cuff button 6 which passes through the buttonholes at that endof the cuff to which the strap isconnected. That end of the strap which'carries the holes '3 has attached theretoa part 7 of a snap fastener, the other part 8 of which isattached d to the sleeve an appreciable distance from the cuff so that when ithe strap is not'in use, by connecting the parts 7 and 8 of the snapfastener, the strap is'held in a-vertical position parallel with the slit in the sleeve,

as shown in Figure 1. When the wearer' wishes to Wash his hands or do work which might soil the'cuh, the cuff carrying "part of the sleeve is 'folded once upon itself, as shown in Figure 2,andthe strap turned 30 ,7 a horizontal position and connected with the other end of the cuff by a part 9 of a snap fastener button which engages another part ofthe button in the'buttonholes at one end of the. cuff. I This other part of the button engages the part 9 atthe other-end of the when the cuffis in normal position.

can'be easily and quickly folded and fastenedinthis position by the strap.

.280 By providing a plurality of buttonholes f readily turned from a vertical position to a horizontal position.

As shown in Figure 2, the strap forms an I extension of the cuff when the sleeve is folda ed, with'its ends fastened to the ends'of the .95

cuff andthus retainsthe sleeve and cuff in raised position on the arm of the wearer.

In the modification shown in Figure 5, the strap 1 has one end sewn to the cuff, and when the strap is not in use, its otherend is fastened by any one of a number of buttons 10 to the inside face of a part of the cuff between the two portions of the cuff, so that it is hidden from View. This position oi the strapris shown. in dotted lines in Figured, When the strapLis. to-be used to hold the sleeve in raised position on the arm,

it is moved to the full line position of Fig-- tire-5 and passed around the arm after thesleeve has been fol-ded; and one of itsbuttonholes 3 placed over the cuff button 1 1 at that end of the cuff opposite to the end to Which the strap is fastened. The inner end of the strap is formed vgzith. a buttonhole.2. to receive the other part 11 of the cuff butt when he de ee is n p ne iv position. I

It is thought from the, foregoing descripi n hat t e dmntag s dr l eat oi, the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be. understood that; changesmay be, made .in theconstruction and; in, the con1 in tion. nd arrangeme t t he several parts, provided that. suoh changes fall Withn. he QpeQt he. ppen aim- W at la m; is

Means for holding. a; shirt; sleeve infolded and raised position on the arm of a wearer, comprising: a strap, means for connecting one end of-the strap to one end ofthe out? of the sleeve, said strap having buttonholes in each: end thBl'QQfg for receiving portions ofE the: cuff; button, whereby the ends of the c ff e on e ted gether by the s p a d the, cufiheldQnvthe. upper-part QitllQjEOIfG- armofithe wflfllle and aIbutton on the; sleeve above the .cufi and adj agent; one.- edge of; the slit in the. sleeve; for passing through the bruttqrlho1elv at: the r .e.-. end of; the strap o holdithe strapin inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I; aifi x my signature. 

